The Pine Ridge is a manganese mine located in Santa Clara county, California at an elevation of 1,558 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,558 Feet (475 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.20417, -121.56472
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Pine Ridge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Ridge
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Santa Clara
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 35 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BEDS OF MANGANESE OXIDE ORE IN BUFF, RED, WHITE, AND BROWN SHALY CHERT. ORE OCCURS AS HEAVY STOCKWORK ORE WITH SPONGY RED CLAY CORES, OXIDE VEINS AND POCKETS, WORMY ORE WITH CORES OF LEECHED CHERT, AND WAD. SOME PSILOMELANE IS PRESENT, AND SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDES. A SIMILAR DEPOSIT IS ONE MI. W. OF THE MAIN MINE.
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEO., V. 50 , NO. 2 , APR. 1954 , P. 415
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 258 - 262
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BASIN PLANNING AREA 3 ( 1972 )
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